Has anyone else ever been happily driving along using sportshift with the music way up, and accelerated from a stop, only to notice a minute later you are running around 6000 RPM in 1st, but didn't even notice it? Man, I have done this like twice now and feel so bad afterwards... Hopefully I'm not hurting my car or anything.

 

never had that problem... autoshifts for me into 2nd so it sucks cuz we cant control it

on the 01-03s or is it the 00's as well?

 

00-03 with 5 speeds don't have control over first gear. Frank, you can just leave it in Auto you know, its not like you need to use SS.

 

most of the time I leave it in auto, except in traffic or when I want to run it hard; I don''t always use sportshift, but since it's there, might as well use it. I'd prefer a manual tranny like my other car, whose gears are closer and I can actually hear the engine..

 

ur not hurting your car...I do this all the time on my 02, but i do it something on my mom's 99. The moment when you notice is when you let off the gas and you feel the tug.